Laundry-stove



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LAUNDRY STOVE.

(Application filed Sept. 18. 1897.)

2 Sheets-Sheet I- (No Model.)

WITNESSES INVENTORQ ATTORN EYS Patented Oct. 4, I898.

s. PALMER. LAUNDRY STOVE. (Application filed Sept. 18 1897.)

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(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,818, dated October4, 1898.

Application filed September 18, 1897. Serial No. 652,091; (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL PALMER, a subject of the Emperor of China,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry-Stoves; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying man to use his laundry-stove forcooking pure poses while the clothes are being boiled and the ironsheated. Other objects and results are obtained, some of which may bereferred to hereinafter in connection with the description of theworking parts.

The invention consists in the improved laundry-stove and in thearrangements and combinations of parts thereof, all substantially aswill be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses ofthe claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views, Figure 1 isa front elevation of the improved stove. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.Fig. 3 is a section of the upper part of the stove, taken on line as;and Fig. 4 is a central vertical section taken on line y.

In said drawings,a indicates the base-plate, which is slightly raised atthe margin and depressed at the center to give increased depth to theash-pit a.

b is acasting which is seated on the raised margin a, Fig. 4:, andextends around at the four sides of the stove, and at the front the saidcasting is provided with an opening .to

receive the front damper d. The base-plate a and the casting I) servetogether to form the said ash pit or chamber a. Legs a may elevate thebase-plate or casting from the floor.

Above the casting b is another casting 6, preferably round in plan,which forms a firechamber f. This flares upwardly or is of a funnelshape and is or may be interiorly lined with fire-brick in any suitablemanner. At the bottom it provides bearings for a suitable grate g, uponwhich the fire is laid.

Upon the casting e is another casting h. This is angular in form andprovides a series of inclined flat heating-faces h h it, against whichthe irons are laid to be heated. The said casting It provides at thelower end of each heating-face a ledge or shoulder 2', upon which theirons rest as they lie vertically or slightly inclined against theheating-surfaces. Said ledges are provided with stay projections j,which serve to hold the irons in place, preventing them from beingthrown from against the said heating-surfaces. The said ledge 11 is ofconsiderable horizontal width, and the stay projections j are placed atits outer edge, leaving a wide space between the inclined heating-facesand the stay projections to receive the edge of the iron as it is stoodupright. This construction becomes very useful when the heating-surfaceshave been somewhat warped and bulged outward by long use under intenseheat and enables the iron to still be placed in position by setting thebottom edge outward. Said ledges and stay projections are cast in onepiece with the casting h.

Above the casting his arranged the stovetop is, which is of peculiarconstruction and is particularly adapted for the purposes above referredto. This consists of upper and lower castings k s. The lower casting ofthe top is centrally open to provide a passage from the heat-chamberZbelow. At the opposite sidesof said opening or passage the castingextends laterally, as shown in Fig. 3, to receive the oblong boiler andto conduct the heat to the opposite ends thereof. The oppositeextensions it k" of the casting at the bottom thereof, are inclined, asindicated at m m in v the irons when placed upon or removed from theheating-surface h h will not be obstructed by the said extensions on,but the operations of placing and removing will not be interfered with.At the forward side of the said casting 75' the same is provided with acoal supply or feed passage n, and at the rear the said eastin g has along backward extension 0, at the rear end of which is attached orformed means to receive the smoke-pipe 13.

Between the central passage or opening and the rearward extension of thecasting 7% is arranged a vertical plate g, which serves to deflect theheated air and throw the same laterally into the lower extensions of thestove, so that the said air will pass to the ends of the boiler bottombefore passing up the smoke-stack or flue. This deflecting-plate g has afoot g, by means of which itis screwed or bolted to the inner surface ofthe lower casting 71: of the stove-top. Said plate is thus fastened tostand approximately in line with the wall of the heat-chamber Z and forman upward continuation of the back part of said wall. The heated air isthus prevented from immediately escaping through the rearward extensionand up the smoke-pipe and is instead directed upward toward the coverif, then passing laterally into the side extensions of the stove-top andthus around the ends of said deflecting-plate q.

Above the casting 71; is the top plate 8, which provides at the front alarge oblong opening in which the boiler is seated. The said opening issuitably provided with covers or lids t t 1?, adapted to lit the sameand close said opening when the boiler is not in use. Said covers arepreferably three in number, the two opposite end ones fitting the endsof the oblong opening and being concavely curved at their adjacentedges, so as to form when in place a circular opening at the middle ofthe large oblong opening which may be closed by a cover t. This centralcircular opening is thus directly over the fire below, and the heatrising straight upward will be caused by the deflecting-plate q tostrike the cover t before passing to the lateral extensions and aroundthe ends of the deflectingplate, as has been described. Thisconstruction of covers greatly facilitates the use of the stove forheating a small pot or kettle when the large boiler is not on the stove.Instead of having to put such small kettle on the opening 7" at the backpart of the stove or else setting it on the top of the stove or on anopening at one side, the front middle cover 25 may be removed and thekettle set directly over the fire in the hottest possible place.

I'Ieretofore in stoves of this nature the rearward part of the castingit merely received the smoke stack or pipe 19 and no means were affordedto permit the laundryman to do any cooking while the boiling operationswere being conducted. In my improved device the rearward extension ismade of considerably greater length, as shown in Fig. 4C, and I provideanother opening or pot-hole 0', over which may be seated cookingutensils, and thus the laundryman may not only boil his clothes and heathis irons, but in addition thereto and at the same time cook his food.Said pot-hole q is fitted with a lid or cover '2'.

The walls of the casting 7c, which supports the top plate .9, areinclined upward and outward from the bottom edges of the casting, whichare fitted to the casting h to the upper edges, which meet the top plate3. This construction not only guides the heat upward to the ends of theboiler, as has been described, but permits freeaccess to theiron-heating surfaces. Heretofore it has been necessary to assume a veryawkard position of the body in placing the irons on said iron-heatingsurfaces and removing them in order to avoid burning the wrist bycontact with the lower outer edges of the extensions. By my constructionthis obtrusive outer edge is done away with and a much larger angle isformed between the under surface of the extensions and the iron-heatingsurfaces, permitting the irons to be readily put in place and removedwithout danger. Furthermore, the inclined walls of the casting k enablethe stove-top to support a much greater weight than if the 5 wallsextended horizontally outward and then upward, the said inclined wallsserving as braces to hold up the top plate .5- and any weight placedupon it. My stove will thus permit the use of a large heavy boilerwithout danger of breaking the castings forming the extensions andwithout necessitating the use of legs or upright supports reaching fromsaid extensions to the floor, as. has been common heretofore. Theformation of the lower casting 7a of the stove-top thus serves thethreefold purpose of guiding the heat into the lateral extensions,providing free access to the iron-heatin g surfaces, and securinggreater strength of the stove-top.

Upon the casting 7c is arranged the top plate 3, which provides the longopening at the front provided for by the lateral projections k" 7a,whereby the front of the stove is adapted to receive the long boiler,and a smaller rear opening for the cooking utensils.

The means for uniting the casting 76 with the casting h,havin g theiron-heating surfaces, are formed outside of the casting h, so as not tobe brought into direct contact with the live fire. Thus the said meansof attachment are protected from the fire and the parts are heldtogether a greater length of time, rendering the stove much moredurable. Said means preferably comprise an outwardly-projecting flange11. at the upper edge of the casting h, adapted to receive and supportthe inner edges of the lower casting 7a of the stove-top. The saidflange u is apertured or cut away at suitable points to provide for lugsor projections to, which extend downward from the casting is of thestove-top and lie against the outer surface of the casting h, preventinglateral displacement. To give additional firmness,

bolts or screws u are passed through the top casting 7a and flange a,where they come fiatwise together.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new is 1. Thecombination in a laundry-stove of an angular casting h, formingiron-heating surfaces, seated upon the fire-chamber, and having at itslower end an outwardly-projecting peripheral ledge 1', adapted toreceive the ends of the irons and stay projections at the outer edge ofsaid ledge to hold said irons in place, and said. casting having at itstop an outwardly-projecting flange u, segments of which are cut away, astove-top seated upon said flange u, and having downwardly-pro-- jectinglugs adapted to extend through the spaces in said flange u, and screwsor bolts passing through said top and flange whereby said top is securedto the angular casting Without the fastening means being exposed to thefire, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a laundry-stove, of

a base a, casting 19, forming an ash-pit, casting 6, forming afire-chamber, and angular casting h, having inclined exterioriron-heating surfaces and at its top an outwardly-projecting flange Z0,segmentally cut away, of a top It, comprising a lower part fitting atitsbottom upon the flange u, and being screwed or bolted thereto, andhaving lugs to, which extend downward through'the spaces in said flangeand lie against the outer surface of the casting h, the Walls of saidlower part is, of

September, 1897.

SAMUEL PALMER. IVitnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, C. B. PITNEY.

